The Shadow Man is a masked vigilante from a wealthy family who was destroyed by a secret he does not fully understand. In his search for answers he has honed his skills and collected countless gadgets which he carries on his crusade against crime. He has fallen in love with his paramour/nemesis, the Lady Assassin.

Miss Universe was a normal college student on a weekend camping trip when she was imbued with cosmic energy by an exploding comet. She can channel the energy that exists between universes, but her powers rely totally on her force of will. When she is totally demoralized, she loses all of her supernatural abilities.

Miss Universe can fly at over 150 miles per hour, ignore most normal gunfire, and lift 320 tons.

About a year ago, I started a series of live streams called Let’s Make a Character. I used social media polls to make key decisions about an RPG character, and then I built that character live on Twitch.

The first character I made was a bard for GURPS Dungeon Fantasy. I used the template from Dungeon Fantasy 1 and the loadouts from Dungeon Fantasy 13. Below, you can find the completed stats for that character, and you can watch me make him right here. (Be warned, the audio for this stream had some definite problems. I’ve been working since then on finding better sound equipment.)

Also at that account, last September, Sean Punch put up a five-part series of designer's notes (starting here) detailing the upcoming Dungeon Fantasy RPG. In these posts, he discusses how he went about distilling and reshaping the GURPS Fourth Edition rules into a standalone fantasy box set. I definitely recommend checking these out if you are interested in either Dungeon Fantasy or game design and production in general.

I think the role of "developer" is a nebulous one to a lot of folks in the tabletop gaming hobby, but it's one that is very important to the process of making games. Everyone knows what a "designer" is — they make the game, right? And a publisher is responsible for putting the game out for sale in a form people can use. There are a bunch of talented people who get involved along the way, from editors to artists and graphic designers.

But what is a "developer?" A lot of RPGs don't even list one on the credits page. Well, sometimes they're called "developmental editor," but that's not what I mean. Simply put, a developer helps the designer execute their vision. They take the rules draft and see how well it matches up to the design goals. Where they can, they offer suggestions and edits to make systems more coherent and to better fit to those goals.

It's possible for this role to fall to the book's editor, but the editor is …

For March 2017, I offered PDFs, POD books, and POD cards for sale through OneBookShelf: DriveThruRPG, RPGNow, DriveThruCards, etc. The first half of March featured the GM's Day Sale, and I got a bit of a bump from that promotion. In total, I sold 27 units last month, all PDFs. My total earnings came to $19.94.